The annual competition to win the prestigious Neale Shield, named after the late former Head of Lower School Mrs Sue Neale, has been incredibly competitive. The library has run this book-based quiz competition annually since 2015 and it is always enjoyed tremendously by those pupils in years six, seven and eight who love reading.

It is particularly aimed at pupils who are well read, enjoy a good book and have fast recall for literary (even if they have not read the book). This year lots of the questions have been based around the ‘Hundred Book Challenge’, the reading activity run jointly by the library and the English Department. Lots of questions have also been based around the TSBA Eight Book Challenge, our other big reading challenge from the last term.

In this competition there are heats for Year 6, 7 and then 8 before the grand Lower School Final of the best four teams. At the time of writing the Year 7 and 8 has been completed, with Year 6 and the Grand Final next week.

Results so far:

YEAR 7 HEAT 1

  1. 7ERH   36 QUALIFIED
  2. 7TM     21 QUALIFIED
  3. 7AFH   9
  4. 7CLF    5

YEAR 7 HEAT 2

  1. 7SNC 45 QUALIFIED
  2. 7HV 25 QUALIFIED
  3. 7PHP 15
  4. 7CB 4

YEAR 7 FINAL

  1. 7TM 45 WINNER & QUALIFIED FOR GRAND FINAL
  2. 7SNC 24 QUALIFIED AS HIGHEST SCORING RUNNER UP
  3. 7ERH 17
  4. 7HV 12

YEAR 8 HEAT 1

  1. 8RDC 29 QUALIFIED
  2. 8DOM 25 QUALFIED
  3. 8EJH 4

YEAR 8 HEAT 2

  1. 8MSH 59 QUALIFIED
  2. 8CJR 12 QUALIFIED
  3. 8MM 7

YEAR 8 FINAL

  1. 8DOM 32 WINNER & QUALIFIED FOR GRAND FINAL
  2. 8MSH 19
  3. 8RDC 11
  4. 8CJR 7

Keep an eye on the school Twitter feed for the winners of the Year 6 section and the Grand Final.

Mr Jones, Senior Librarian

 

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